Lietuva Province

Lietuva Province was a province of the Russian Empire located in what is now Lithuania. In 1869, the province had a population of 266,620 people, with most of them living in Siauliai. Ethnically, 39.6% were Lithuanians, 25.8% Ukrainians, 16.5% Russians, 9.9% Ashkenazim, 6.5% Poles, and 1% Germans. Religiously, 46% were Catholic, 42.7% Orthodox Christian, 9.9% Jewish, and 1% Protestant. Lietuva was a very liberal region, with over half of the population supporting the Westernizers, Narodniks, or the Radical Party of Russia.